Re: KPack's 1954 Panama

Posted by kevinpackard On 2020/9/13 10:31:21

I spent a bit more time yesterday night working on the flasher problem. After reading several threads across the internet, I decided to open the 229D and see if there was something wrong inside. Everything looked fine that I could tell. I cleaned the 3 pins a bit more for kicks.

I pulled the turn signal switch again and cleaned the contacts better as well. It's tough to get in there and work on it but I was able to clean it pretty well.

I plugged the 229D back in and got a steady flash on the passenger side, but a weird timing. It's a long on, short off, long on, short off. The driver's side only had the rear light flickering quickly and nothing on the front. No change after cleaning all the grounds. I also pulled the gauge cluster again and changed out the indicator bulbs and cleaned the contacts and grounds....there were 55's in there but I think they are supposed to be 51's, so that's what I swapped them to. The indicator lights still did not work after that.

For fun I threw the 535 back in and got a normal (and bright) flash rate on both sides. Obviously the indicator lights did not work, and the driver's front did not flash (stayed off, though the light works normally), which tells me there is probably an issue with the contact on the switch.

I'll clean that contact again and see if I can fix the front driver's light issue. I'm also going to pull the wire on the flasher plug that goes to the indicator lights (blue) and connect it to ground. Other people have said that this has worked for them. The dash indicator lights are already connected to the front and rear lights....theoretically they shouldn't need a separate source of power from the flasher unit.

-Kevin